Your Development

Australia's online resource providing practical information on how to create sustainable urban residential developments. Contains fact sheets, case studies, links to other sites, user comments and news articles.

http://yourdevelopment.org/

Australian Antarctic Division

The Australian Antarctic Division leads Australia's Antarctic Program. As a division of the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, it conducts antarctic research, protects the Antarctic environment and maintains the Antarctic Treaty System.

http://www.antarctica.gov.au/

Defence Environmental Management

As one of Australia's largest land and property owners, the Department of Defence is entrusted with managing large tracts of land, water, cultural, and heritage sites on behalf of the Australia community. Defence is adopting ecologically sustainable development principles, and is striving to make them an everyday part of its business.

http://www.defence.gov.au/environment/

Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (SEWPaC)

The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities develops and implements national policy, programs and legislation to protect and conserve Australia's environment and heritage.

http://www.environment.gov.au/

Education programs at the Australian National Botanic Gardens

Join educators at the Australian National Botanic Gardens on a 40 hectare outdoor living classroom for an array of hands-on engaging, curriculum-linked educational experiences. Students will have the unique experience of seeing native plants from four of Australia's major ecosystems within one easily accessible site.

http://australia.gov.au/service/education-programs-at-the-australian-botanic-gardens

Environment - publications

Search for and download publications produced by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

http://www.environment.gov.au/about/publications/index.html

Information for decision making

The Environmental Resources Information Network, ERIN, manages and analyses environmental information for Environment Australia. This page provides links to information services provided or hosted by ERIN.

http://www.environment.gov.au/erin/about.html#information

State of the Environment 2011 (SoE) report

Discover the state of the Australian environment – the SoE 2011 is a valuable resource for teachers, students, librarians, policy makers, environmental managers, consultants and the general public. The SoE is supported by a mix of summaries and detailed information as well as discussions of the drivers of environmental change, resilience, risks and what the future might look like.

http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2011/index.html